Wandering Through Chapter 3 - More About Alcoholism
Chapter 3 - page 31
remedy
"We have tried every imaginable remedy."
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Big Book - More About Alcoholism - page 31
In this sentence the word remedy functions as a noun. 2
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Definitions are from Webster's 1930 edition. 3
sanitariums, asylums, ad infinitum
""...going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums--we could increase the list ad infinitum."
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Big Book - More About Alcoholism - page 31
In this sentence the words sanitariums and asylums function as nouns. The Latin phrase "ad infinitum" functions as an adverb. 2
In the past, an asylum was a government-run place where people with mental illnesses, sometimes called "lunatics," were housed. A sanatorium, also known as a sanitarium, was usually a private facility for people with long-term physical illnesses like tuberculosis, where the focus was on rest, fresh air, and recovery. Both types of institutions often involved long-term stays (months to years), separated residents from society, and used treatments that are no longer common or are considered outdated by today’s standards. Today, these terms are no longer used and have been replaced by modern hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
The Latin phrase "ad infinitum" means "to infinity" or "to the end"
Definitions are from Webster's 1930 edition. 3
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Footnotes for page 31
1Quotes from the Big Book on listed on this page are from the public domain version, in the United States, of the 2nd edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Accessible at 12step.org
2Sentence diagramming, to determine the word usage within the sentence, was performed by CoreNLP at corenlp.run.
3Definitions used are from the Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1930 Edition. Access to this dictionary online is at Hathitrust.org